the president challenged those who say that gun indiana congressman luke messer went on cnn to make the case that the president is misguided. rep. luke messer r indiana "the fundamental disagreement here is that criminals don't care about gun control legislation. those who will murder will murder irregardless of gun control legislation." and earlier this week indiana governor mike pence indicated that he's not interested in new gun control measures.. but the president insists that illegal gun dealers continue to benefit.. from lax laws.. there will be several gun debates in the indiana general assembly this year. eight bills related to gun control have been filed so far. five of them, are aimed at eliminating one or more of the existing gun control measures. the white house released the guest list for this week's state of the union... and one seat in the house chamber on tuesday ... will be left empty... the president says the empty seat will represent the victims of gun violence who no longer have a voice... sitting in the box and dr. jill biden... native jim obergefell.. seen here las

representatives in the house voted in favor of the bill including steve shappot, thomas massey and luke messer. the president vows to veto it when it reaches its desk. >>> cold today but beautiful. the focus turns into snow. snow. it's probably going to cause a lot of issues. it doesn't take a whole lot of snow. it's just the right timing or the wrong timing, i should say where we're going to see some wednesday. friday's system is really up in the air. not a lot of consensus with the models. we'll focus on tomorrow. we have plenty of sunshine as we take a look live from the weather cameras. this situated in the college hill area. we will continue to see some of the high clouds you see in the background there, those will start to filter from the west and southwest. clouds will thicken up throughout the evening hours. we'll see increasing cloud cover and overnight period. right now we're 18 at lebanon. 20 from the airport and 22 at georgetown. york, 20. and we're in the upper teens for alexandria to thalmus and mazeville. and we're dry and so i don't want to you worry about snow tonight. tomorro

joining me tonight is congressman luke messer, republican of indiana who is chairman of the republicanhouse policy committee. how you doing? >> great. >> is president obama coming after guns? that's what many republicans are saying. do you believe that personally? >> as i listened to the president i couldn't help but think of his campaign seven years ago where he spoke in moderate tones but the essence of what he was saying he wanted to change america. tonight you heard a similar presentation. the president talked in moderate tones but if you get to the essence of what he is saying he wants to fundamentally change gun ownership and second amendment rights. >> how is that changing -- the second amendment is not unlimited and conservative members of the supreme court have said that it's not unlimited. by having people who don't have the mental capacity to carry or own a gun, how is that changing america? >> when the president talked about mental health reform and background checks or enforcing the current law, those are things that there is an opportunity for consensus. when you get past

i hereby appoint the honorable luke messer to act as speaker pro tempore on this day. signed, paul d. ryan, speaker of the house of representatives. the speaker pro tempore: the prayer will be offered by the guest chaplain, the reverend gene hem rick, st. joseph catholic church here in washington, d.c. the chaplain: heavenly father, in the library of congress, containing the words of saum four, remine us of an enriching lifelong pursuit, wisdom is the principle thing. therefore get wisdom. with all thy getting, get understanding. in present times that are transitioning from a pre-technological age to a technological age at a torrent pace, we pray, lord, bless this congress with the wisdom and understanding needed to effectively meet our post modern challenges. may its legacy be a nation that has blessed us and future generations with the beauty, goodness, and wholesome progress god intends for our world, amen. the speaker pro tempore: the chair has examined the journal of the last day's proceedings and announces to the house his pproval thereof. pursuant to clause 1 of